The downtown experience in Russellville is one of the best working environments for a retail business you can imagine. We all pull together to make the shopping experience convenient and pleasant.

Recently the downtown merchants have adopted a concept for the way things are going: Restore, Renew, and Revitalize. We have also made a commitment to the best service and price. We want to be a vibrant, growing, exciting place to shop.

New retailers are opening up all the time. The new, hip stores are fun and exciting.

The long established family businesses are still here precisely because they offer the best services and competitive prices. These are the right things to do.

A perfect example of Restore, Renew, and Revitalize is the current construction going on downtown. The new facades on the buildings and the street bulb-out projects, the store remodels and modernizations have definitely caused a few driving and parking issues, but you should be proud of the current merchant community and the city for leading the way in making Russellville a safe and convenient place to shop.

These changes are easy to notice because they are so prevalent in our daily commute.

Some of the not-so-easy changes are the everyday donations of time, money, merchandise, and expertise that our hometown merchants give every day.

The art and music communities are enhanced by such activities as the First Friday Downtown Art Walk, Music Downtown at Sundown, The Downtown Fall Festival and Chili Cookoff. There are new businesses like The Crossing, Gallery 307, and Lemley House Art Guild.

Classic restaurants like Opal Mae’s and Italian Gardens will be joined this fall by Fat Daddy’s (under construction currently). The choice and variety make our downtown a great place to eat!

What’s going on downtown is new life. The American spirit is alive and well in downtown Russellville.

Pardon our mess for a few months. We have faith in what we are doing. It is all for you, our customers. Come check out our new growth. Be patient because when it is finished, it is going to be awesome.